Mertz Laundry, etc.

Title

Mertz Laundry, etc.

Description

Black and white image of a group of workers in a laundry. Five men, a young boy, and three women in skirts and long sleeved shirts stand in a large room with a variety of laundry equipment. Baskets of clothing sit along the left of the image next to a counter and shelves of folded material. Clean shirts hang on a rack behind the group of people, and other clothes hang at the back of the room. A row of ironing boards and irons fills up the right side of the image, and a pile of wood can be seen outside of an open window.

[front] [imprint] Sackrider, Forest Grove, Ore. [back] [pen] C.W. Mertz, Laundry, ice plant, creamery, coal & wood yard. Forest Grove, Or. Also soda bottling & Distributing. Approximately 1910.

Identifier

WCMpic_015168

Creator

Sackrider, Henry, Sackrider Studio, Forest Grove, Oregon

Subject

Laundry

Laundries

Laundresses

Laundry workers

Laundry industry

Mertz, Charles

Genealogy & Family History

Cultural Studies

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

1910

Date

1910

Medium

gelatin silver prints

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum